On the 28th we left Monkey Mia and headed further north to Coral Bay, stopping at Carnavon on the way. Once again another strange little town, but we were told to buy supplies here before going onto Coral Bay, as it is even smaller. Arrived at Coral Bay stayed at Ningaloo Club Backpackers, nice hostel with a cheap bar-bonus! Coral Bay is tiny about 90 people living here with one main street. The beach is beautiful and the Ningaloo Reef is literally about 10 metres from the shore, the reason for our visit here.

On our second day here we went on a 2 hour boat trip, it had a glass bottom saw quite alot of fish and coral. We then had a chance to get off and do a 30 minutes snorkel

. It was good but it was quite choppy and we had swim against the current whichwas quite difficult as I am a beginner snorkeller. After the boat trip we went back to the beach and snorkelled the reef close to the shore. We saw a stringray here. We would of liked to of gone snorkelling with mantarays but it was a lot morethan the trip we did. As we are heading to Exmouth next and have an other opportunity to snorkel the reef further north we may be lucky and see turtles, mantarays and reef sharks.

Comments

Dad Boyle
on Nov 30, 2009 at 09:17PM

Will send you pictures of wind and rain so you dont feel home sick as if. Looks so good and the pictures are lovely thanks keep them coming. Dont worry about the road kill king browns are ten a penny, Look out for the roos. Talk soon Mum Dad Tip x

Boob and Purse
on Nov 30, 2009 at 11:02PM

Alright guys!! Sophie just told me you had this blog here!! Boyle, you said you'd ring me ya bugger. I'm all caught up on your trip now. Love the photos. I saw the photos of the fish and turned to soph and said oh they must have bought an underwater camera...then I saw the pic of laura posing next to the ocean...what an idiot!!

I'll keep reading this blog to see how you guys are doing. Haven't seen you on skype yet, must keep missing you cos of the time difference.

Great to see some photos of your trip, take care and I'll speak to you soon

Pete and Sophie

''Terry Tibbs''
on Dec 1, 2009 at 08:43PM

Hey guys,

Looks like your having an awesome time the pics look great, were well jealous of the beeches they look superb and especially compared to the rubbish weather were having. Anyway keep the pics coming and we'll speak to you soon

Take care & enjoy.

James, Tamsin & Isabelle

Grandma Boyle
on Dec 2, 2009 at 08:29PM

Hey you two!

What fantastic photos! You have just done sooo much and seem to be having a wonderful time. I'm so glad. What a lot of memories you're making for when you're as old as me!

Just one thing, I would really like to see a photo of Laura in her hairnet. Of course you really need Laura Batty stockings to complete the ensemble.

As you will gather from my witterings there is nothing to tell you that can compare with your adventures. Loving all your news - keep it coming. All well here. Chris safely back from Copenhagen. Grandpa caught several big fish today. I did some Christmas shopping in the rain! That's it from the sunny UK. Speak soon.